Menu

Newton's First Law of Motion. The Meaning of Inertia

Please provide a rating, it takes seconds and helps us to keep this resource free for all to use

[ No Votes ]

In addition to the revision notes for Newton's First Law of Motion. The Meaning of Inertia on this page, you can also access the following Dynamics learning resources for Newton's First Law of Motion. The Meaning of Inertia

Dynamics Learning Material
Tutorial IDTitleTutorialVideo
Tutorial
Revision
Notes
Revision
Questions
4.2Newton's First Law of Motion. The Meaning of Inertia


In these revision notes for Newton's First Law of Motion. The Meaning of Inertia, we cover the following key points:

  • The definition of Newton's First Law of Motion
  • The meaning of balanced and non-balanced forces
  • The meaning of inertia and its relationship with mass
  • The scientific definition of mass based on the concept of inertia

Newton's First Law of Motion. The Meaning of Inertia Revision Notes

Newton's Laws of Motion deal with forces acting on objects. The Newton's First Law of Motion says:

"If no force is acting on an object or when the resultant of all forces acting on it is zero, the object will still be at rest if initially it was at rest or it will continue moving at constant velocity (at terminal velocity) if initially it was moving."

When the resultant force at an object is zero, we say, "the forces acting on it are balanced, otherwise, they are unbalanced."

Inertia is the tendency of objects to preserve their previous state of motion. Inertia is a quantity related to the mass of objects. Thus, greater the mass of an object, higher its inertia (more inert the object is).

In scientific terms, we say, Mass represents a quantitative measure of Inertia, which is a fundamental property of all matter.

Whats next?

Enjoy the "Newton's First Law of Motion. The Meaning of Inertia" revision notes? People who liked the "Newton's First Law of Motion. The Meaning of Inertia" revision notes found the following resources useful:

  1. Revision Notes Feedback. Helps other - Leave a rating for this revision notes (see below)
  2. Dynamics Physics tutorial: Newton's First Law of Motion. The Meaning of Inertia. Read the Newton's First Law of Motion. The Meaning of Inertia physics tutorial and build your physics knowledge of Dynamics
  3. Dynamics Practice Questions: Newton's First Law of Motion. The Meaning of Inertia. Test and improve your knowledge of Newton's First Law of Motion. The Meaning of Inertia with example questins and answers
  4. Check your calculations for Dynamics questions with our excellent Dynamics calculators which contain full equations and calculations clearly displayed line by line. See the Dynamics Calculators by iCalculator™ below.
  5. Continuing learning dynamics - read our next physics tutorial: Newton's Second Law of Motion

Help others Learning Physics just like you

Please provide a rating, it takes seconds and helps us to keep this resource free for all to use

[ No Votes ]

We hope you found this Physics tutorial "Newton's First Law of Motion. The Meaning of Inertia" useful. If you did it would be great if you could spare the time to rate this physics tutorial (simply click on the number of stars that match your assessment of this physics learning aide) and/or share on social media, this helps us identify popular tutorials and calculators and expand our free learning resources to support our users around the world have free access to expand their knowledge of physics and other disciplines.

Dynamics Calculators by iCalculator™